2009年11月8日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 10:59 AM PST

President Barack Obama, left, walks with his family, from left, mother-in-law Marian Robinson, daughter Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughter Malia Obama, to Marine One helicopter to depart the White House for Camp David Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.

GOP officials say Dems put agenda ahead of country (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 09:56 AM PST

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrive for a press conference after the passage in the house of the health care reform bill at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)AP - Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care.

Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 07:19 AM PST

AP - The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood.

Cao jolts the House (Politico)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:58 PM PST

Politico - Once a year, Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao gives the Washington establishment a little jolt.

Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 02:15 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, right, and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, left, show the Freedom Award for the American and German people, they received during the Freedom Award's Ceremony of the Atlantic Council in Berlin, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats.

Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 05:22 AM PST

Residents raise slogans during a rally, protesting against relocating Futenama Marine airfield on the southern island of Okinawa, in Ginowan, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said Sunday that no deal on relocating U.S. troops on the Japanese island can be expected during President Barack Obama's visit this week, saying the issue needs more time to resolve. The banner reads: 'Oppose relocation within the prefecture (state).' (AP Photo/Kyodo News)AP - Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China — one that would exclude the United States.

Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 06:56 AM PST

AP - The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war.

Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 07:51 AM PST

AP - The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again.

Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:35 PM PST

This 2003 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan in his graduation photo when he completed his M.D. degree. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - The alleged Fort Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there.

Jerry Brown leads poll of gloomy California voters (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:55 PM PST

Reuters - California Attorney General Jerry Brown is by far the most popular candidate for governor in next year's election, but most voters in his party are unhappy that he is the only major Democrat running, according to a new poll on Sunday.

Tears, tempers fly in Pelosi campaign (Politico)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST

Politico - One by one, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had leaned on her rank-and-file Democrats for months to cast off personal prerogatives for the sake of a history-making health care bill.

Obama delays start of Asia trip to attend memorial (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:58 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama will delay the start of his visit to Asia this week to attend a memorial service for soldiers killed in a mass shooting at a U.S. military base, an administration official said on Sunday.

Obama hails Iraq's new 2010 election law (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:54 PM PST

Iraqi MP Osama al-Najafi speaks to the press following an Iraqi Parliament session in which a law to govern the country's general elections was agreed upon in Baghdad. Iraqi MPs approved a law to govern the country's general election due in early 2010, paving the way to agree a date for the vote, said the parliament's vice president.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - US President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqi MPs Sunday on approving a new law to govern 2010 general elections, saying it was an important step towards ensuring a lasting peace.

Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House (AP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 01:49 PM PST

AP - The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty.

Partybuckers (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:53 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - On Health Care Vote, Democrats Play Down Election Results

Iraq passes election law paving way for January poll (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:50 PM PST

Reuters - Iraqi lawmakers passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday to pave the way for a January poll, after parliament sidestepped a potentially explosive row over the oil-producing city of Kirkuk.

Obama hails Iraq's approval of 2010 election law (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:46 PM PST

Iraqi MP Osama al-Najafi speaks to the press following an Iraqi Parliament session in which a law to govern the country's general elections was agreed upon in Baghdad. Iraqi MPs approved a law to govern the country's general election due in early 2010, paving the way to agree a date for the vote, said the parliament's vice president.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraq's fractious MPs on Sunday finally approved a law to govern the country's general election in early 2010, a move hailed by US President Barack Obama as an important step towards a lasting peace.

Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:43 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability.

Democrats brace for next step in health care fight (AFP)

Posted: 08 Nov 2009 12:07 PM PST

US President Barack Obama makes a statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, upon his return from Camp David. Obama Sunday urged the US Senate to take up the baton to ensure the nation's most comprehensive overhaul of the health care system in decades is completed.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - Democrats Sunday girded for the next battle to push the most sweeping US health care overhaul in a half-century through Congress, after handing President Barack Obama victory in a narrow House vote.

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